gestured

英 [ˈdʒestʃəd]

美 [ˈdʒestʃərd]

v.  做手势; 用手势表示; 用动作示意
gesture的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 手势；姿势；示意动作
  Agestureis a movement that you make with a part of your body, especially your hands, to express emotion or information.
  1. Sarah made a menacing gesture with her fist...
     萨拉用拳头做了一个威胁性的动作。
  2. He throws his hands open in a gesture which clearly indicates his relief.
     他摊开双手，明确表示他已如释重负。
• N-COUNT （表明态度或意图的）姿态，表示
  Agestureis something that you say or do in order to express your attitude or intentions, often something that you know will not have much effect.
  1. He questioned the government's commitment to peace and called on it to make a gesture of good will...
     他对政府致力和平的承诺提出质疑，并呼吁政府做出友好的表示。
  2. There's not greater gesture of love than having someone's name tattooed on your body...
     没有比将某人姓名文到身上更绝妙的示爱方式了。
  3. As a gesture to security, cars were fitted with special locks.
     出于安全上的考虑，这些汽车装上了专用锁。
• VERB 打手势；用手势表示；用动作示意
  If yougesture, you use movements of your hands or head in order to tell someone something or draw their attention to something.
  1. I gestured towards the boathouse, and he looked inside...
     我朝船库方向示意，他便往里面瞧了瞧。
  2. He gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the grace of a dancer.
     他举手投足之间流露出舞者的优雅。

双语例句

• Melanie nodded her head feebly and gestured toward the baby.
  眉兰虚弱地点了点头，并且向那孩子做了做手势。
• The colonel gestured for me to follow him.
  上校做手势叫我跟出去。
• I gestured the child over.
  我朝孩子打手势叫他过来。
• They stood together talking, until June gestured toward the dance floor.
  他们站在那儿说话，然后琼指了指舞池。
• A job seeker gestured with his hands so much that he then sat on them to stop it.
  一个求职者太能打手势了，以至于后来他得把手塞在屁股底下压住才能停住。
• The non-Chinese-speaking foreigner gestured to make a request, but he just couldn't get his idea across.
  那个外国人不会说汉语。他用手势表达他的要求。但是他无法把它的意思表达出来。
• I gestured at a chair on the other side of the desk.
  我做手势示意桌子那边有一把椅子。
• He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room
  他给艾丽斯做手势，让她在他们前面离开房间。
• She lifted the hinged flap of the counter and gestured that he should come through.
  她拉起柜台用铰链连结的折翼，做了个手势要他穿过去。
• The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.
  这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。